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i believe as governer he is automatic given a seat on the board, i believe... I question why in 08 as AG he didnt do anything and it took until he got elected as gov before they did anything and i dont buy his excuse that you build a strong case.. you had what sounded like a strong case for the 1 victim arrest on that and build on to it for the others.. still way too many questions from the state level on down

I ask this question on facebook lets see how some of you reply.. All of the Penn State haters and the media outlets have been say from the start that this has been a cover up by Coach Paterno and some of the other admin to as they put it protect a "Football program" and to this day I have failed to see the LOGIC behind their line of reasoning so what do you base this reasoning on? If protecting your "program " as you put is your main concern wouldnt the more logical responce would have been to blow the whistle and turn everything over to the state, showing that you had everyones interest in mind. But as we all know that didnt happen and now we not only have 1 sick person going to jail for life but several other facing jail time and people trying to hold the entire university at bay, so agian I ask where is the logic in the cover up story. I know people want the NCAA to step in but they need to step aside because this goes alot higher than them, the football program and university.. If the truth is ever really told I think bigger fish up the state food chain will fry and they wont be football coaches. Penn State is a great academic school and to think their leadership suddenly lost all their collective logic and choice to cover this up for a "football program" is mind numbing ... This is bigger than that ... and I dont think we will ever know the whole story which is sad for the victims, the student (past and future) and the univeristy.. Maybe tomorrow will begin to turn on some lights but I'm not counting on it..

What everyone calling for the end of PSU football ( or as some closed minded fouls have suggested) PSU in general, seem to fail to realize is this is not about a football program or student athletes. What has been allowed to happen is a failure to do what the laws of this country dictate. You had a man (much like the priest in the churchs) who people began to suspect of doing horrible things to children and everyone turned a blind eye to him thinking it would just go away. Now decades later after realizing that it didnt just go away, that man has been, be it all too late, set to prison. What needs to happen now, just like it did in the priest case in Philadelphia, is All of the people who should have been protecting the children and see that this man was locked up, need to answer for their misconduct in the court of law. What has bothered me is too many people, media,sports and even every day people, want to make this about a college football and money,when its about the criminal failure to do your job as either college,state or local officials in charge of protecting our children. These crimes which were allowed to happen, should now be leveled on the entire PSU community, past,present or future, but on the hand full of college,state and local officials that sat back and waited for it to go away. The Penn State as a whole has over its life time created many good people who are not atheltes as well as who were and to hold the entire program hostage because people feel the need for justice for the victims is unfair also. In the long run PSU will pay for its silence, rightfully so they should. But I can only relate this to the church priest scandels and to this day how many churches have the media and public closed and how many priest or church officials have been made to answer for their actions. Again this is not a case against the entire PSU community, but a case of crimanl negaleted by several officials who should have their day in court and answer for their action but it should not be here on media and social networks.

Phil I agree 100 % ... There are 2 questions that come to mind as I sit here and read these mind numbing responses. 1st can anyone really tell me where the emails came from, I would think such damning info should have been left for the court room and not given to the media in an attempt to further discredit any real investigation and continue their media frenzy for ratings and sales. 2nd why is it that requesting a full disclosure of the truth by the family self serving when if as all of the change PSU'ers insist Joe and the entire PSU culture is guilty, then wouldnt a full disclossure finally prove what they have been screaming for. I have no ties to the university,other then my daughter will be a freshman there in the fall and I have supports ALL student athletes there for the past several years, So my only request is that before the entire university and everyone that goes there or works there gets dragged thru the media and public opinion mud lets wait for the investigations to be completed and if the AG"s office is really in it for the victims and finds that there was wrong doings by past or present univeristy staff, state or local officials( including the current Governor) then they should be held accountable in the proper court not here.

Why is it that this becomes a topic for someone's article every year. EVERY school across the nation has at least 2-3 games a year against smaller programs, it's a fact of college football life that you are not going to change. No matter how much you WHINE. Yes it would be nice to play Bama, Okla, USC, ND every year,instead of Ohio,e.Mich and the likes, but thats never going to happen. 1st off you cant get the bigger schools to want to commit to these games because of cost and the risk of injury to their team for a game that in the scheme of things mean nothing to the present system of conf champions. 2nd as much as you dont like it the smaller school look forward to these games as a PR and $$ boost for their programs. As for season ticket holders deserving better for their $$, You pay $385 a yr per ticket then depending on where you sit a 100-600 extra per seat, I have 2 seats on the PSU 20yd which cost me $1600 for the entire season, I'd like you to try and get seats at other school and pro venues for that $$$. If you want to make a case to lower your game day $$ start asking why it should be legal for the state college hotels to charge 200-800 a night for a room when they normally cost 80-150, not to mention their 2 night min on game weekends. That what you should be WHining about.

If you take into account what Coach said prior to Blue/White day, your choices are down to 2 Mcgloin and Jones. Sorry bolden but the past 2 years have ruined you as a qb. As for the starter come sept 1 I'am willing to bet the house its Jones. Matt would be a good Qb at bucknell or shippensburg but he doesnt show the skill level to be a every saturday Qb at this level. As for Jones yes as a 18 yo highly recruited Kid he made some mistakes,but by all accounts I have read he has learned from them and is moving forward. He admitted to letting the redshirt yr affect his thinking towards school, but has made what appears to be the needed corrections in that area. One thing you cant do is look at the stats from the practice saturday and rule him out. Yes he was off on some throws, but timing is everything and you dont have timing going in and out as they did . Being a top 10 recruit doesnt make you a star, but having the size, strengh and the abliity to learn from your mistakes ( as in his grades) can, and I think given the chance to be the #1 guy every day will show that this kid is for real. #7 will be the 1st off the bus and behind center come game day 2012...

I agree with you about the coach,it seems more and more these days the coachs need there 15 mins of fame and take away from what should be a day about the student. And the choice does seem strange in that he seemed to be a PSU Lean the entire time up until weds leaked report.. the one thing to keep in mind and this can go both ways nothign is official until Feb 13' and thats a long way off.

Michael its too early to grade this group, only practice and time will tell. As I have said before I dont buy into this whole star rating, if you were to go by that you would never have had players like Jack Ham,who everyone said was too small for college ball and look where he ended up, or if a remember correctly jack crawford had very little experience before coming here. And if you take it to the next level no one had Tom brady on their wish list and he went in the 6th round and remind me where he is playing sunday. I give this new coaching staff a "B" for comng in late and making sure they fill some needs the team had. I'll be in happy valley in april for the Blue and white Game and then maybe we'll start to see how these young men fiti in..

First to cj and the rest of the haters if you are a true penn Stater you would be willing to give the new coach and recruits a chance. If your that ashamed then block pennlive.com and root for another team. As for where this recruiting class stands it is entirely tooooo early to tell. There are some very nice players that will fill the teams needs, but to grade them now is stupid. I have never put too much stock into all of these rating and scores, there are how many high schools across this country with 1000's of players so how correct or misleading can they be. If you need proof I can give you 1 new off the top of my head "Jack Ham" if I recall correctly everyone thought he was to small to play in college and look where he ended up. Now I'm not saying there is a Jack Ham in this class, but give them a chance you might be surprised. To me the one big difference between a 4* and 2* is how many videos they made and sent out too schools. And if you take it to the next level even, Tom Brady wasnt on a lot of peoples list coming out of Michigan and went in the 6th round,where's he playing sunday. I for one will be willing to see what Coach O'brien and this new group of Penn Staters can do,starting in April at the blue/white game. We are Penn State and those of you who are ashamed do know what that really stand for..

Great post BLU... Midnight you may want to read "letters to Joe" and see what most you refuse to admit about Joe and what he has done for countless students and the school as a whole. As for BOT they need to stop trying to play to the media and nay sayers, and start showing that PSU is already a great school for all its students and athletes. They can try all they want but you "CANNOT ERASE 100+ YEARS OF HISTORY" and PSU's stands for it's self....

First of all when are people going to stop blaming Penn State as a whole. What has happened, and remember no one has been convicted or found guilty of anything yet, appears to be a much broader problem then just PSU and the handfull of people there that might be found at fault. Penn State is much more than a football program and you cannot erase the decades of good they have done. As for the football program why is it everyone is saying do away with the program, in what way does football have to do with a sick person and the several that sat by and did little to stop him. i hate using the referense but even after countless stories regarding the churchs and abuse no one has stopped going to them or not continues to support what some say is a billion dollar business. What needs to happen is the powers to be at PSU need to stop playing the media and public opinion game hire a new coaching staff and make the need adminstration changes and begin moving forward . What some of you are asking for is unrealistic and unfair to the countless athletes and students who make up the college football program.

I like Bradley as a coach but if he is the choice it has to be that Jay and the rest of the offensive misfits go no questions asked. I think the best thing would be hire a Good Offensive head coach,who has a good track record with QBS and offense in general and try to keep Tom,LJ and some of the defensive guys if possible.

As a long time fan of both Penn State and JoePa this post is a hard one to write. Even the most loyal fans must have known the day would come when we would no longer have Joe on the sidelines. What none of us saw was how it came crashing down upon us. The last few weeks have been filled with mixed emotions. First surprise and anger over such unspeakable crimes,followed by disappointment over the way it was and is being handled, then finally hope for a future where this would not have happened. The past ten years have been filled with ups and downs and you could see a change in the coach. Coming into this season I looked forward to seeing the team grow from last season and they have. What you didnt see was the coach that we have come to love and expect. If you can look past the events which have come out over the past week, I think you would see that this was going to be Joe's final year and come January We would have been saying goodbye to a man who has meant so much to both a university and countless numbers of men and woman over the pst 61 years. If you are upset over the handling of the events which are reported to have taken place that is understandable. But what you cannot and shouldnt do is try to erase the entire body of work which is Joe Paterno's life. Over the course of history even the greatest men and women make mistake but we learn from them and move on. What we dont do is try and erase all of the good that they have done. The Joe paterano era is over and Penn State will move forward, but lets not forget how much Joe & Sue have done for so many.

Sorry but in this case as you lay it out the only one winning in the end are the LAWYERS who are circling like birds above their pray. Too many hands in the investigating cookie jar and the victims get lost again and the guilty walk.